KAKAHUYAN (Forest) by Kring Demetrio

Title:	KAKAHUYAN (Forest)
Date Created:	NOV 13 2018
Copyright:	© Kring Demetrio
Genre:	Fantasy
Mediums:	Graphite, Pastels, Pastels, Photoshop
Views:	161
Posted:	12/6/2018

Projects: Currently working on a comic adaptation of Jose Rizal' s Noli Me Tangere under Anino Comics, an imprint of Adarna Publishing. Published illustrations for Ang Lumang Makina Ni Lola Mina by Mary Grace Borja under Lampara Publishing, winning the 7th Lampara Illustrator' s Prize (Philippines). Worked on interior illustrations for Bluebeard' s Bride by Magpie Games.

Location: Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines

This is based on a local folktale about the Tambaloslos. The stories differ very little from each other, men or women would get lost inside the forest and they'd be trapped walking around in circles unless they start to wear their clothes backwards. If they fail to do so, they'll be ravaged by this lust demon. Once, he angered the mountain god Gugurang because of his perverse ways that the god cursed him with privates so grossly enlarged, the demon would have difficulty to use them. He may have been punished but some say he still lingers in the forests tricking people to lose their way till he can pounce on them. This work is part of the Folktale and Folkore series.